Tag Archives: Fruit

Apple butter, slow cooked

Apple butter with full apples spoon side POST

I’m making a lot of an incredibly good apple butter these days, and it all started with the oatmeal. And habits. Which I haven’t always been great at forming. It’s taken some time and thought to recognize this about myself, … Continue reading

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Technique: How to core and peel an apple

Apple halves with knife POST

This week I’m asking a favor. This favor involves some work, the work of coring and peeling a whole lot of apples. I wish the fruit would just split apart with ease like an apricot so we could mindlessly slip … Continue reading

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Ingredient: Apples

Apples fall 12 POST

Here’s the thing about apples and me: we aren’t great friends. They try to get together in August and I refuse to return their calls. I once spouted off so vehemently about not eating apples in summer that a funny … Continue reading

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Labor Day Weekend Breakfast: White Peach Pancakes

Pancakes with white peaches POST

I’ve waited in some long lines for good food. It’s really kind of embarrassing. When Mia Francesca was in its early years after opening in Chicago, there were no reservations, so if you wanted to eat there you had to … Continue reading

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Technique: How to clean and keep raspberries

Raspberries in two baskets POST

The technique for cleaning raspberries is very simple: don’t do it. Even when raspberries are coated with a bit of dust from the field, it’s better to leave them alone or just rub off what you see than to clean … Continue reading

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Ingredient: Cherries

Cherries at Bill's POST

When you come from Michigan, there is so much to say about cherries that you practically come to a halt thinking of where to begin. When you’re Lebanese, cherries are known for their pits as mahleb, ground and used as … Continue reading

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